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But but… physics—space and time etc?

— Carl Sagan

I will add this to my repertoire :)

I had a good laugh listening to the sample at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonautograph

The sound is very pure indeed.

I considered buying a new 2-DIN CarpPlay stereo for my 2003 Suzuki Grand Vitara but went with a simple 12V LENCENT Bluetooth V5.4 FM Transmitter instead that plugs into the cigarette lighter socket.

The reason was that the original stereo has a custom shape that fits the dashboard, it's rounded and the fascia is apparently easy to crack when removing.

I attach my phone with a CD-mount that goes into the CD-player (I hate those vent-mounts) and then I just connect the radio to whatever frequency the FM transmitter is set to.

It works surprisingly well, I was skeptical at first reading some negative reviews but I'm super satisfied.

The signal never cracks but YMMV, I have it set to 87.5 in rural Sweden and it sounds perfectly clear in the domain of 128 kbit MP3.

I'm a sound guy but I think with the poor sound isolation of the car and the OK speakers it sounds perfectly adequate and even a bit nostalgic— it's how I remember car trips in the 90s and early 2000s.

It costs €30-40 and I also get a USB-C PD and a second USB-QC 3.0 on the device.

Simple and keeps everything original in the car.

This is perfect, thank you this goes straight into my long-term memory bank.

On a tangent, whenever someone mentions LP sounding warmer or whatever I like to point out that I prefer wax cylinders (a.k.a. phonograph cylinders).

Oh no I forgot to charge my helmet.

Also, helmets are meant to be replaced every couple of years as the materials deteriorate (UV/heat) and the protection dissipates.

As we like to say, dentist helmet.

The battle is lost, technological determinism is an unstoppable force.

Once the camera was invented the die was cast.

"Technological determinism is the theory that a society's technology drives the development of its social structure, cultural values, and history."

Hey baby, wanna see my sewing machine? I can add a gusset anywhere you want.

I was meandering through the comments about to leave the topic when my interest suddenly piqued upon reading the word porn.

Dat feeling when reading "IRC (an open protocol)" on HN—the parenthesis being necessary to explain IRC.

Makes me think in 10 years time the web will all be discord-like data silos behind infernal subscriptions and/or dark patterns with ads.

What a wonderful thing we've created.

This is a whole 'nother level of user hostility, never before have I seen anything like it.

So you're telling me Mad Max is actually utopian?

Ive was great when Steve was there to tell him no.

On a tangent OiNK's Pink Palace never died either, if you know you know…

The high seas have never been better.

Tolomeo detected.

Michele De Lucchi & Giancarlo Fassina (1987)

If humanity suddenly died tomorrow the world would be littered with handy rectangular glass pieces all over the world.

Alien archeologists would have a field day figuring out what they were for.

Ha! Same.

Northern Exposure Expedition 1999 is my fave.

Mono Culture - Free - Northern Exposure Expeditions

https://youtu.be/VPaebmeL4Y4

To do what I want to do

To say what I want to say

To be what I want to be... free

Ruckzuck is way more interesting and ahead of its time (1970).

https://youtu.be/yUFc5QoMG1E

P.S

Also check out Ashra - Deep Distance (1976).

https://youtu.be/BJZ9PVvu9OA

Avatar 6 and 7 planned (there's a joke there somewhere).

Papyrus on the big screen 'til mid-to-late 2030s.

Well to make matters worse remember we're about to add another ~2 billion humans (Quark DS9 voice) peaking at around 10 in the 2080s.

Most of the growth will be in Africa, not exactly the most lawful place in the world so it looks kind of bleak for the environment and animals there.

Those 2 billion will all want a nice home and a smartphone, computer, TV, car etc…

Earth Overshoot Day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Overshoot_Day

It's not looking great, not even if we got nuclear fusion reactors figured out tomorrow.

Eat your heart out Adobe Flash.

We're apes, friend.

And that's how Toyota eventually got to lean manufacturing, impressive!

Fee Fi Fo Fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman!

English royalty does this from time to time, through different means.

The Duke of Windsor (formerly Edward, Prince of Wales) is credited with popularizing and essentially "saving" or bringing the Fair Isle sweater to global fashion prominence in the 1920s.

Cook will handle the politics and optics, he will remain like a king representing Apple without any true power.

Ternus will be the soldier in the trenches.

I feel excitement for the future of Apple.

Focusing is about saying no.

— Steve Jobs

https://youtu.be/H8eP99neOVs (WWDC '97)

This is something Microsoft will never learn, it's not in their DNA.

Mandatory shoutout to Invidious:

https://invidious.io https://github.com/iv-org/invidious

An accessible interface to YouTube content without tracking, using a decentralized network of community-run instances that scrape, rather than API-call, site data.

[EDIT]

Also Yattee doing the Lord's work:

https://github.com/yattee/yattee

Privacy oriented video player for iOS, tvOS and macOS with Invidious support.

If you're lonely when you're alone, you're in bad company.

— Jean-Paul Sartre

That's amazing, you always see flooded cities in the future this is out of the box thinking.

The Fifth Element and Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets are widely considered to share a thematic and stylistic universe, with similar aesthetic influences. There are shared elements (ha!) and aesthetics, with Valerian even featuring a shop called "Korbens" as an easter egg to The Fifth Element.

Unfortunately the movie doesn't do it for me, the 90s were a better time.

Once CGI became good storytelling and creativity took a backseat in Hollywood.